AllWays Traveller Features

SouthWest Germany is one of Europe's greenest regions, with forests, rivers, rolling hills and abundant wildlife. To take advantage of this there is a network of well-signposted hiking and biking trails. The federal state of Baden-Württemberg is also Germany's sunniest state, with a Mediterranean-like climate on Lake Constance. The region has attra...

River cruise specialist, VIVA Cruises, has launched four-night cruises in Germany for the summer season. Throughout July and August, two of VIVA Cruises' ships, MS TREASURES and MS INSPIRE, will embark on short itineraries as part of Germany's emergence from lockdown. Departing and finishing in Frankfurt, MS TREASURES will be sailing along the Main...

The central German city of Frankfurt sits on the river Main and is a major financial hub and home to the European Central Bank. It's the birthplace of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum. The reconstructed Altstadt (Old Town) is the city's major focal point. Visitor highlights in Frankfurt and the reg...

The Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin is a theatre and an ensemble that stages spectacular Las Vegas style productions on a two-year cycle. Commemorating its centenary in 2019, the shows combine extravagant costumes, state-of-the-art stage settings with grand musical and dance numbers interspersed with 'heart-stopping' feats. The current production i...

Bathing naked, sip sparkling wine and eat schnitzel in the historic German city of Wiesbaden. Certainly, you can make eye contact and even nod in greeting. But, for heaven's sake, don't stare, in neither admiration nor aversion, at anyone's privates or bare backside. Those are my do-and-don't tips for taking the waters naked at Kaiser Friedrich The...

An e-bike is the perfect way to get around Rheingau wine country in Germany. Half-way up the impossibly steep hill to Schloss Johannisberg, I'm suddently grateful I opted for an e-bike. Originally, the plan was for a leisurely peddle on a commuter bike through vineyards in Germany's Rheingau wine region. But when I meet my guide, Claudia Lewerenz, ...